Legal history

This book provides the first account of the most famous trial in Chinese history, and details the search for justice after Mao''s Cultural Revolution.

This book provides the first account of the most famous trial in Chinese history, and details the search for justice after Mao''s Cultural Revolution.

This book analyses the states of emergency exposing the intersections between colonial law, international law, imperialism and racial discrimination.

This book analyses the states of emergency exposing the intersections between colonial law, international law, imperialism and racial discrimination.

Fractional Freedoms examines paths to liberty forged in the slaveowning household, and legal claims brought by slaves in colonial Lima.

Fractional Freedoms examines paths to liberty forged in the slaveowning household, and legal claims brought by slaves in colonial Lima.

This book draws on contemporary legal scholarship to explain why Athens was a remarkably well-ordered society.

This book draws on contemporary legal scholarship to explain why Athens was a remarkably well-ordered society.

This volume challenges the concept of constitutional success, a bedrock assumption of comparative constitutional scholarship.

This volume challenges the concept of constitutional success, a bedrock assumption of comparative constitutional scholarship.

Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

A legal and cultural history of censorship, youth protection, and national identity in early twentieth-century Germany.

Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

A legal and cultural history of censorship, youth protection, and national identity in early twentieth-century Germany.

A comparative analysis ''from below'' of attempts to constitutionalise socio-economic rights in Ireland from 1848 rebellions to present day protests.

This is a sweeping history of the relationship between law and religion in America from the colonial era to the present day.

A comparative analysis ''from below'' of attempts to constitutionalise socio-economic rights in Ireland from 1848 rebellions to present day protests.

This is a sweeping history of the relationship between law and religion in America from the colonial era to the present day.

This book tells the long-neglected story of women''s marital denaturalization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

This book tells the long-neglected story of women''s marital denaturalization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Provides theoretical and practical insights into how the new phenomenon of human rights cities contributes to global urban justice.

Provides theoretical and practical insights into how the new phenomenon of human rights cities contributes to global urban justice.

A comprehensive history of martial law, outlining how it was a vital component of England''s domestic and imperial legal order.

A comprehensive history of martial law, outlining how it was a vital component of England''s domestic and imperial legal order.

An historical analysis of how ethnicity shaped international law and why it is relevant to minorities and ethnic conflicts today.

An historical analysis of how ethnicity shaped international law and why it is relevant to minorities and ethnic conflicts today.

This book outlines how odious debts are not legally binding under international or domestic law, contrary to widely held legal opinion.

This volume examines the contributions of Christian minorities to societies across the globe in the midst of pressure and persecution.

This book examines how the common law works through profiles of eight great cases.

This book outlines how odious debts are not legally binding under international or domestic law, contrary to widely held legal opinion.

This volume examines the contributions of Christian minorities to societies across the globe in the midst of pressure and persecution.

This book examines how the common law works through profiles of eight great cases.

Leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of freedoms from antiquity through today.

The Law of the Whale Hunt examines how property law was created in the absence of legal institutions regulating whaling in early America.

Leading historians uncover the unappreciated role of Christianity in the development of freedoms from antiquity through today.

The Law of the Whale Hunt examines how property law was created in the absence of legal institutions regulating whaling in early America.

Provides a systematic analysis of both the historical development and current interpretation of constitutional law discourse in Europe.

Provides a systematic analysis of both the historical development and current interpretation of constitutional law discourse in Europe.

This book recounts the transformation of American poor relief in the decades spanning the New Deal and the War on Poverty.

This book recounts the transformation of American poor relief in the decades spanning the New Deal and the War on Poverty.

At a micro level, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

Leading scholars discuss how changing ideas of law and authority were embedded in the historical development of British legal systems.

An examination of the barbarian laws in Carolingian Europe, contributing to debates concerning written law, kingship and ethnic identities.

At a micro level, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

Leading scholars discuss how changing ideas of law and authority were embedded in the historical development of British legal systems.

An examination of the barbarian laws in Carolingian Europe, contributing to debates concerning written law, kingship and ethnic identities.

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present.

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present.

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s–50s.

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s–50s.